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| A Chorus Line Gammage Auditorium |
Sun., September 7, 2:00pm more dates/times |
Tempe | |
Wanna turn your brain off for a couple of hours? The touring production of the over-the-top Broadway revival oughtta do the trick. The show, which features a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch, and lyrics by Edward Kleban, is the ultimate backstage-tuner romp,... More >> |
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| The Rocky Horror Show presented by Nearly Naked Theatre Phoenix Theatre's Little Theatre | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 15 until Sat., September 13 | Central Phoenix | |
Theres a lyric from one of the Richard OBrien tunes in his intergalactically famous The Rocky Horror Show that goes, It was great when it all began/I was a regular Frankie fan. Its a lyric that has proven more true than the then-starving young playwright could have... More >> |
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| Arizona Lowrider Super Show Phoenix Convention Center | Sun., September 7, 12:00pm-8:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
In 1963, SoCal native Johnny Lozoya was 10 and enthralled watching low-slung, growling machines called lowriders pace his neighborhood streets. As he tells New Times, They were definitely not my parents four-door family sedan.
In 1979, Lozoya organized the first Lowrider... More >> |
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| Funk Shui feat. DJs Roach, Tricky T, & Mos Jef Geisha A Go Go | Every week Sunday, 10:00pm | Central Scottsdale | |
We've always thought Geisha A Go Go was a pretty fly place, as the Tokyo-style bar and lounge boasts such ultra-colorful touches as clamorous pachinko machines, cartoonish cocktails, and huge pictures of rock stars like Jim Morrison and Sid Vicious behind its bar. Now the Asian-themed joint's... More >> |
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| Phoenix Mercury vs. Houston U.S. Airways Center | Sun., September 7, 6:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
Its been a letdown of a season for last years WNBA champions, the Phoenix Mercury. At the time of this writing, the Merc were in last place in the Western Conference with little to no chance of making it to the postseason. But that doesnt mean the lady ballers are any less... More >> |
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| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition Arizona Science Center | Daily from Sat., June 7 until Sun., October 26, 10:00am-5:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
We're pretty sure that the prototypical fantasy geek and Christian apologist C.S. Lewis never imagined that his acclaimed children's series The Chronicles of Narnia would spawn something as scary-sounding as an "immersive marketing experience." So trust it to late capitalism to concoct such a... More >> |
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| The All Night Strut! Playhouse on the Park |
Sun., September 7, 3:00pm more dates/times |
Central Phoenix | |
The economy blows. There are foreclosures on every block, big-name chains are filing for bankruptcy, and a tank of gas costs more than a weeks worth of groceries. Hell, even local art galleries and theaters are downsizing just to stay afloat. When faced with rising costs, Phoenixs... More >> |
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| Arizona Duck (DUKW) Tour Pleasant Harbor Marina at Lake Pleasant |
Daily, 10:00am more dates/times |
Peoria | |
Military intelligence, as the old saw goes, is an oxymoron. But the dudes in khaki got it right when they introduced the odd amphibious vehicle called the DUKW during WWII. The bastard spawn of a U-boat and a Hummer helped American troops survive beach attacks like Normandy by transporting... More >> |
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| "Branded and on Display" Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 14 until Sun., September 21 | Central Scottsdale | |
Its gotten so we dont even see them, the carefully placed product endorsements that are part of everyday life. On an episode of American Idol, Simon Cowell raises to his lips a monstrous neon tumbler emblazoned with the Coca-Cola logo, and what we see is a man taking a drink. Our... More >> |
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| "Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origins of Flight" Arizona Museum of Natural History |
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Tue., July 8 until Sun., September 28, 10:00am-5:00pm more dates/times |
Mesa | |
Gigantic, pissed-off chickens with teeth. Thats the impression created by the imposing models on display in the Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origins of Flight exhibit. After you check out these dentally impressive fowl, run for your life to Arizona Science Center and marvel at... More >> |
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| "Legally Happy" Olney Gallery | Daily from Tue., September 2 until Tue., September 30 | Central Phoenix | |
As children, were filled with creativity. Then real life drowns the butterflies and rainbows in a festering sea of debt, responsibilities, and mind-numbing labor. Some adults choose to deal by popping pills or shooting smack. Siberian artist Natasha Matveenkova has sidestepped the... More >> |
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| Night Gallery Tempe Marketplace | Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 6:00pm-9:00pm | Tempe | |
Commodification of art is nothing new (we especially like those Hello Kitty vibrators), but a respectable art gallery slumming in a mall is right up there with Walmarts on sacred burial grounds, even if its exactly the kind of "social embeddedness" that Joe Baker, ASU's Director of... More >> |
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| "No Snow on the Broken Bridge: Video Work by Yang Fudong" Phoenix Art Museum | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., July 8 until Sun., September 14 | Central Phoenix | |
Phoenix Art Museum has always had a thing for Asian art. Its permanent collection of Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian artworks is not only massive, but also well-regarded. The "No Snow on the Broken Bridge: Video Work by Yang Fudong" exhibit is another amazing gem in PAMs new series... More >> |
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| "NOW: Selections From the Ovitz Family Collection" ASU Art Museum at Nelson Fine Arts Center | Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., June 7 until Sun., September 28 | Tempe | |
Onetime Hollywood strongman Michael Ovitz used to make news for all the wrong reasons: voicing paranoiac slurs about the gay mafia, causing schisms in the Mickey Mouse fantasy factory during his star-crossed Disney stint, and manhandling the help as documented in Suzanne... More >> |
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| Reggae Sundays PHX Nightclub | Every week Sunday, 9:00pm-2:00am | Central Phoenix | |
For many of you, the last time you heard reggae was when you toked up some shitty pot in your first Tempe apartment as an undergrad. You and your buddies wasted the afternoon away while wearing ASU T-shirts and Umbros, eating Gus pizza, and listening to your sweet three-disc CD changer... More >> |
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| Salt River Tubing & Recreation Salt River Tubing & Recreation | Daily from Sat., May 3 until Tue., September 30, 9:00am-7:00pm | Mesa | |
Rednecks tend to be attracted to large bodies of water. Dont believe us? How else to explain the Redneck Riviera spanning the area from Mobile, Alabama, to the Emerald Coast near Apalachicola, Florida?
Though we live in the desert, that doesnt mean our state is running... More >> |
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| Sunday Funday @ Dos Gringos Mesa Dos Gringos Mesa Mexigrill | Every week Sunday, 11:00am-12:00am | Mesa | |
Our Sunday activities of late have been a bit repetitive. Get up early, maybe head to church. Then hit up the local Olive Garden for the seventh week in a row, followed by a dip in the pool that feels more like a hot tub right now. No wonder we feel blah come Monday morning.
A mundane plan... More >> |
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| "Underworlderness" Heard Museum |
Daily from Tue., September 2 until Wed., November 26, 9:30am-5:00pm more dates/times |
Central Phoenix | |
According to legend, the Diné (Navajo) underworld was a supercool place to live for the Holy People. The weather was perfect, food grew in loads, and the staples of Navajo art such as rug weaving, silversmithing, and basketry were cultivated and honed. In his... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| Miss Nelson Is Missing! Target Storybook Preview Tempe Center for the Arts | Sun., September 7, 4:00pm | Tempe | |
| Alafair Burke Poisoned Pen | Sun., September 7, 1:00pm | Central Scottsdale | |
| Brokencyde, Lets Get It, School Boy Humor, Vogue in the Movement, & more Chasers Bar & Night Club | Sun., September 7, 7:00pm | South Scottsdale | |
| Cell Phone Cowboys Steel Horse Saloon | Sun., September 7 | North Phoenix | |
| DJ Adam Arlia, & more Rhythm Room | Sun., September 7, 8:00pm | Central Phoenix | |
| Freddy Thunder CK's Tavern & Grill | Sun., September 7, 9:30pm | Ahwatukee | |
| Grandparent's Day Brunch Wrigley Mansion | Sun., September 7, 10:30am-2:30pm | East Phoenix | |